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Kiddushin 81 - November 2, 18 Cheshvan Nov 02, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Martin Gaynor in loving memory of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz.

Today's daf is sponsored by Rivka and Martin Himmel in loving memory of her grandparents, Yechiel ben Meir and Feige bat Meir hy"d who were taken out to be murdered with many of the Jews of their town in Poland on the 18th of Cheshvan.

Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray in honor of all the hostages, our courageous chayalim and all their families. "Also with much appreciation to Rabbanit Michelle for her steady wisdom and unwavering dedication, continuing to bring the pages of the Talmud alive for us all even at such a difficult time."

Are laws of seclusion different when traveling outside the city? If so, why? Several stories are brought to show that rabbis also struggled with their desires for women. Does one receive lashes if one was secluded in a way that is forbidden? On what does it depend? The rabbis discuss other types of scenarios where there are/are not seclusion issues. What precautions did different rabbis take to prevent themselves from engaging in relations with a woman they were not married to? Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Akiva would mock those who sinned, but Satan decided to tempt them into sin so that they could understand why others sin. Pleimo would speak to Satan and say, "I will shoot arrows in the eyes of Satan." As a result, the Satan came to exact revenge. What transpired and what in the end did Satan want from Pleimo? A woman whose husband no longer had relations with her, couldn't understand why her husband would pray to be saved from the evil inclination. She disguised herself as a prostitute to see if he was tempted to sin, and he was tempted by the "prostitute" and had relations with her. When she then explains to him that it was her, he still spends the rest of his life depressed about the fact that he intended to sin, even though he did not sin. Rabbi Akiva cries while reading two verses that highlight that one who intends to sin but does not sin and one who sins without intending to still needs to atone for that sin. This indicates how severe it is when one sins with intent. Can one be secluded with a forbidden relative other than one's daughter/son? Shmuel even forbids seclusion with a daughter/son. Until what age are there no limitations with a parent/child? Is it determined by age, stage of development, or maturity?

Kiddushin 80 - November 1, 17 Cheshvan Nov 01, 2023

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This month's learning is sponsored by Esther Kremer in loving memory of her father, Manny Gross z'l, on his 1st yahrzeit.

Today's daf is sponsored by Diana Bloom in loving memory of her Zeyde, Israel Marmurek. "The memory of his commitment to the State of Israel, and the Jewish community of Buenos Aires continues to serve as an inspiration."

Today's daf is sponsored in memory of the soldiers killed in yesterday's battle, among them, Sgt. Roei Wolf, Sgt, Lavi Lifschitz, and a close friend of my son's, Lieutenant Ariel Reich.

If a husband goes abroad with a wife or without a wife and returns with or without a wife and with kids - depending on the situation, he may have to prove that the wife's lineage is good and/or that the children belong to the wife. If the children are young and treat her as their mother, we can rely on this. However, Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan disagree about whether we can rely on this only for kodshei hagvul, but not for lineage or we can rely on this for both. They bring proof that Rabbi Yochanan is consistent in his position from other teachings regarding the strength of presumptive status. The next Mishna deals with laws of seclusion, yichud - how many men are permitted to be secluded with how many women? Can relatives who are forbidden from each other be secluded together? Abba Shaul permits going out to the cemetery (a secluded place outside the city) for an infant burial with one man and two women. Does our Mishna not follow his opinion as one man and two women are not permitted to be secluded, or is a case of burial different?

Kiddushin 79 - October 31, 16 Cheshvan Oct 31, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom Family. "With overwhelming joy and בחסדי ה', we learn today's daf in honor of the release of Ori Megidish by the IDF and the Shab"ak forces and with a Tefilla that all the hostages will be released quickly."

There is a debate between Rav and Shmuel regarding a case where a father betrothed a daughter on the same day that the daughter betrothed herself and then it became clear after that the daughter had reached the stage of maturity, which is a stage where the father can no longer betroth her. Rav says we assume she was already mature when the betrothal of the father took place and therefore she is only betrothed from her own betrothal. Shmuel holds that she is betrothed to both because we don't know what her status was at the time of the betrothal. Two other cases are brought to question Shmuel's ruling - one, a mikveh that was found to have less than the minimum amount, and another where wine that was used to separate trumot and maasrot turned to vinegar. The Gemara then explains why those cases are different. Two different tannaitic debates seem to match up to Rav and Shmuel's debate. However, they prove that this is not the case as in one, the circumstances are different as there is a clear chazaka, and in the other, there is no debate - each braita is regarding a different situation.

Kiddushin 78 - October 30, 15 Cheshvan Oct 30, 2023

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Today's daf is dedicated for a refuah shleima to Naaran ben Rachel Perla who was injured yesterday and to all those injured over the past few weeks.

Rav Yehuda rules that a kohen gadol who betroths a widow (or a regular kohen with a woman who is forbidden to him) gets two sets of lashes - one for "do not take her" and one for "do not desecrate your seed" which is understood to be referring to making the woman a chalala. A few questions are raised against Rav Yehuda's statement. Abaye and Rava disagree about whether lashes are given even if one betrothed a woman without having relations with her or only if they also had relations. In what situations are there clear exceptions to the rules? What is the logical argument to support Rabbi Yehuda's opinion that the daughter of a male convert cannot marry a kohen? Rabbi Yehuda and those who disagree with him derive their positions from a verse in Ezekiel 44:22 - as each understands the verse differently. How is the continuation of that verse meant to be understood? There is a debate about whether a father is believed to say his son is a mamzer or if both parents say the child is a mamzer. Both opinions derive their opinions from the laws of 'yakir' the right of the father to declare which son is the firstborn - can we say this is true for disqualifying the child as well or not?

Kiddushin 77 - October 29, 14 Cheshvan Oct 29, 2023

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This week's learning is sponsored by the Greenstone family in honor of the birthday of their dear niece and cousin, Lana Kerzner. "Her Torah learning is entrenched in a love of tradition, connection to her mother and family, and her intellectual aspirations. החוט המשולש לא במהרה ינתק."

This week's learning is sponsored by Esther and Eliakim Katz in loving memory of Sarah bat Tzvi Hirsh and Meir Leiv ben Harav Yehoshua Zlig and Esther and for the safe homecoming of acheinu kol Beit Yisrael.

The Mishna rules that the daughter of a chalal cannot marry a kohen. However, her children are not chalalim. The male children of a chalal and are considered chalalim and pass it down to all male children for all future generations. However, Rabbi Dostai ben Yehuda disagrees and holds that if either a clalal or a chalala marries someone of unflawed lineage (not a chalal), their children are not chalalim. There is a debate about whether a child of two converts or a child of a convert with a non-convert can marry a kohen. From where are the differences between male and female chalalim mentioned in the Mishna derived from the Torah? From where do we derive that the child of a forbidden kohen marriage is a chalal and the woman who married the kohen becomes a chalala? Why does the kohen himself not become a chalal? In which situations could a kohen or kohen gadol receive multiple sets of lashes for a marriage/having relations with one woman? If a woman is a widow and then divorced and then became a chalala and then became a zona in that order, and then the kohen gadol had relations with her, he would be liable four sets of lashes. Even though we hold that one is not liable for a prohibition that is added to an already existing prohibition, if the prohibition adds something new, then it would be added. In this case, each subsequent situation adds something to the previous one - i.e. a divorce is forbidden to all kohanim whereas the widow is only forbidden to the kohen gadol. A student brought a braita before Rav Sheshet that if a kohen gadol has relations with his widowed sister, he will receive lashes for relations with his sister but not on account of the prohibition for a kohen gadol. Rav Sheshet explained that this ruling is according to Rabbi Shimon who holds that a prohibition doesn't get added to another already existing prohibition but it cannot be explained according to the rabbis who disagree with him. However, the Gemara suggests that perhaps it can be explained according to the rabbis as well. A somewhat opposite version of the sugya is brought as well. From where do we derive that one becomes a chalala only from improper relations with a kohen and not from improper relations with a non-kohen?

Kiddushin 76 - Shabbat October 28, 13 Cheshvan Oct 27, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Rivka and Martin Himmel in honor of the birth of a grandson, son to Binyamin and Atara. ׳׳וראה בנים לבניך שלום על ישראל׳׳

Why did Rabbi Elazar hold that a cuti can't marry a cutit? How far back does a man need to check the lineage of the woman's family he is planning to marry? It depends on whether she is from the family of kohanim or not. Why does one need to check her family but she doesn't need to check the man's family? There are all sorts of people whose family lineage doesn't need checking. Why?

Kiddushin 75 - October 27, 12 Cheshvan Oct 27, 2023

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Today's daf is dedicated to the safety of our soldiers and our country.

There are different opinions on whether having had any forbidden relationship forbids one from marrying a kohen or is it dependent on which type of forbidden relationship. In the last part of the Mishna, Rabbi Eliezer ruled that only a definite mamzer can marry a definite mamzer but if the status is one of doubt, they cannot marry a mamzer or another person whose lineage is in doubt. Rav holds by this opinion but Shmuel does not. This seems to contradict a different debate between Rav and Shmuel regarding an engaged woman whose child's father is unknown. Various explanations are brought to resolve the contradiction.Rabbi Eleazar ruled that a cuti can't marry a cutit. Several explanations are brought to understand this ruling.

Kiddushin 74 - October 26, 11 Cheshvan Oct 26, 2023

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Study Guide Kiddushin 74

Today's daf is dedicated to all the families in Israel who are going through immeasurable suffering over the last few weeks.

Is a seller trusted to testify to identify the buyer when two people claim to have bought the item from him? On what does it depend? Is a judge trusted to testify who won a case in his court? Who is trusted to testify regarding a firstborn son? Why did Abba Shaul call a shtuki by the name 'beduki'? Abba Shaul's statement is explained - the mother is trusted to testify that the father's lineage is unflawed. The Mishna explains that people who are forbidden to marry within the community are allowed to marry those with flawed lineage. The Gemara raises difficulties on this Mishna and four sages suggest four different interpretations which are each analyzed. Difficulties are presented against three of them.

Kiddushin 73 - October 25, 10 Cheshvan Oct 25, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Shapiro in loving memory of her brother, David Tychman, on his 10th yahrzeit. "David was a lover of Israel, a lifelong collector of Israeli stamps, and he would have been so saddened by the events of the past 2 1/2 weeks. Am Yisrael Chai!"

There is a debate about whether a convert can marry a mamzer. Rabbi Zeira taught in Mechoza, a city with many converts, that a convert can marry a mamzer and got pelted with etrogim as the converts were insulted by it. Rava then came up with a more sensitive way to teach the halakha. According to Rav, a shetuki (unknown father) and asufi (unknown parents - abandoned child) can marry a Jew by Torah law as it is unclear whether they have flawed lineage or not (safek), but the rabbis wanted to institute a higher standard for yochasin, lineage matters. An abandoned child is not always considered an asufi (flawed lineage) as it depends on where (and why) the baby/child was abandoned. If it seems clear the parents abandoned the child as they couldn't afford to feed the child, then the child is not considered to have a flawed lineage. What are potential signs that the child was abandoned in this way? If an abandoned child was picked up by people claiming to the the parents, they are trusted but not if the child was already picked up by someone else. This is similar to two other situations where one is believed only if they respond immediately - a midwife who testifies regarding twins about which child came out first (only while she is still in the room or hasn't turned around), and a woman who was with other women in a bed that was stained with blood and she claims it was from her and proves it through an internal check that was performed immediately after the stain was found.

Kiddushin 72 - October 24, 9 Cheshvan Oct 24, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom family. "איך נפלו גיבורים. We share in the pain of our fellow learner, Geri Goldstein Guedalia on the tragic loss of her step-grandson, Sgt. Yosef Guedalia HYD who was among the first to fall and gave his life על קדושת השם העם והארץ. Yosef's life touched so many profoundly. May Hashem bring nechama to the Guedalia family and to all of Am Yisrael. ובלע המות לנצח ומחה ה' דמעה מעל כל פנים"

Are the boundaries delineating unflawed lineage in Babylonia the same as those for divorce documents, as a get that comes from Babylonia does not need the messenger to testify that it was written and signed in front of him? The rabbis mention the names of different cities and discuss whether or not they are considered like Babylonia and their inhabitants can be presumed of unflawed lineage. According to Rabbi Yochanan, some of these cities were alluded to in a verse in Daniel 7:5 in one of his visions of a bear (reference to Persia) subjugating the Jews of those cities. Rebbi on his death bed prophesized about various things including various cities with residents of flawed lineage and also about the birth of Rav Yehuda on the day of his death. A similar statement is made that when certain great rabbis died, another great rabbi was born - Rabbi Akiva and Rebbi, Rebbi and Rav Yehuda, Rav Yehuda and Rava, Rava and Rav Ashi to show that when a righteous person leaves the world, a different righteous person is born to replace him. There is a debate about whether the opinion brought that all other lands (other than Babylonia) have people with flawed lineage is just Rabbi Meir's opinion and the rabbis disagree and think all people are by default unflawed or do the rabbis agree with Rabbi Meir? There is a debate also brought about whether mamzerim will be purified in the future or not. rabbi Yosi and Rabbi Yehuda debate whether a convert can marry a mamzeret..

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